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Metasequoia glyptostroboides is often confused with:
Taxodium distichum
Plants that fill a similar niche:
Cercis canadensis
Pinus strobus
Quercus nigra
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METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES


COMMON NAME(S):

 * Dawn Redwood


Phonetic Spelling met-uh-see-KWOY-uh glip-toh-stroh-BOY-deez Description

This is a large, fast-growing, deciduous, pyramidal evergreen tree that grows up
to 100' tall with attractive, feathery foliage that is easy to transplant. It
has spreading branches that droop with age. Pin branchlets are paired, and drop
as a unit. This plant prefers moist, deep, well-drained soils that are slightly
acidic. It is tolerant of wet soils but intolerant of early freezes. This plant
has minimal pest and disease problems. It can be utilized as a specimen tree for
large areas such as parks, golf courses, large commercial or governmental
grounds, and as a "living fossil". It is also tolerant of pollution and can be
used as a street tree. It needs plenty of room to grow as it can grow to be 25'
wide. Dawn Redwood was discovered during a plant expedition into remote China in
the 1940s. It was first known from a fossil record, not living extant plants.

Japanese beetles will eat the foliage. 

Quick ID Hints:

 * Deciduous gymnosperms dropping pins
 * Pins are opposite and resemble small pinnate leaves
 * Female cones are pendulous and ellipsoidal
 * Face view of cone scale looks like puckered lips

VIDEO Created by Elizabeth Meyer for "Trees, Shrubs and Conifers" a plant
identification course offered in partnership with Longwood Gardens.

Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscape: Bonsai Garden in
Davidson County Cultivars / Varieties:
 * 'Hamlet's Broom'
   
 * 'Miss Grace'
   
 * 'Ogon'
   
 * Schirrmann's Nordlicht
   

'Hamlet's Broom', 'Miss Grace', 'Ogon', Schirrmann's Nordlicht Tags:
#deciduous#full sun tolerant#specimen#large tree#fine
texture#pyramidal#bonsai#tsc#street tree#fast growing#well-drained soil#deer
resistant#showy cones#Braham Arboretum#fantz#parks#tsc-cg#landscape plant
sleuths course#cpp
 
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Seed Cones Amehare CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Form F. D. Richards CC-BY-SA 2.0 Form Jim
Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Form (Wake County, NC)- winter Cathy Dewitt CC BY 4.0
Form Cathy Dewitt CC BY 4.0 Grove Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Tree Line Jim
Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Leaves Francois Gulbert CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Fruit and Leaves
Close-up Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Male Flower and Leaf Jim Robbins CC
BY-NC-ND 4.0 Bark (Wake County, NC) Cathy Dewitt CC BY 4.0 Branches (Wake
County, NC)-Winter Cathy Dewitt CC BY 4.0 'Ogon' Form Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND
4.0 'Ogon' Tree Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 'Ogon' Growth Habit Jim Robbins CC
BY-NC-ND 4.0 'Ogon' leaf, Buncombe Co. NC, early fall Randy Harter CC BY 4.0
'Ogon' Leaf Jim Robbins CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 'Miss Grace' Form Jim Robbins CC
BY-NC-ND 4.0 As bonsai Kathy Sill CC BY 4.0 Form 'Hamlet's Broom' Cathy Dewitt
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 'Schirrmann's Nordlicht' Form - Winter - Wake Co., NC Cathy
DeWitt CC BY 4.0 Form - August - Wake Co., NC Cathy DeWitt CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Cultivars / Varieties:
 * 'Hamlet's Broom'
   
 * 'Miss Grace'
   
 * 'Ogon'
   
 * Schirrmann's Nordlicht
   

'Hamlet's Broom', 'Miss Grace', 'Ogon', Schirrmann's Nordlicht Tags:
#deciduous#full sun tolerant#specimen#large tree#fine
texture#pyramidal#bonsai#tsc#street tree#fast growing#well-drained soil#deer
resistant#showy cones#Braham Arboretum#fantz#parks#tsc-cg#landscape plant
sleuths course#cpp
 * Attributes: Genus: Metasequoia Species: glyptostroboides Family: Cupressaceae
   Life Cycle: Woody Recommended Propagation Strategy: Seed Stem Cutting Country
   Or Region Of Origin: Central and western China Distribution: US Wildlife
   Value: This tree provides winter cover for birds, small mammals and deer.
   Dimensions: Height: 62 ft. 0 in. - 100 ft. 0 in. Width: 15 ft. 0 in. - 25 ft.
   0 in.

 * Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Perennial Tree Woody Plant Leaf
   Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Pyramidal Growth Rate: Rapid
   Maintenance: Low Texture: Fine

 * Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a
   day) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Soil pH: Acid (<6.0) Neutral
   (6.0-8.0) Soil Drainage: Good Drainage Occasionally Wet NC Region: Mountains
   Piedmont USDA Plant Hardiness Zone: 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b

 * Fruit: Fruit Color: Brown/Copper Fruit Length: < 1 inch Fruit Description:
   Confiers so do not produce fruits, they produce cones. Trees are monoecious.
   Female cones are pendulous, dark brown, ellipsois or "barrel-like", up to an
   inch long and less than an inch wide, have 14-28 scales, and have an apical
   surface that is depressed medially. Male cones are globose and 1/2" long.

 * Flowers: Flower Color: Brown/Copper Flower Inflorescence: Insignificant
   Flower Description: Flowers not showy; 0.7-1 in. dark brown cones on long
   stalks

 * Leaves: Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Leaf Color: Green Leaf
   Feel: Soft Deciduous Leaf Fall Color: Brown/Copper Leaf Type: Needles Leaf
   Arrangement: Opposite Leaf Shape: Linear Hairs Present: No Leaf Length: < 1
   inch Leaf Width: < 1 inch Leaf Description: Leaves are linear, subopposite,
   crowded on pins, pliable, feathery, fern-like, and soft to the touch. Foliage
   emerges light green in spring, matures to deep green in summer and turns
   red-bronze in fall. Below, leaves are light green in color and have 2
   inconspicuous stomatal bands. Leaves are less than an inch long and wide.

 * Bark: Bark Color: Dark Brown Red/Burgundy Surface/Attachment: Fissured Bark
   Description: As the tree matures, the trunk broadens at the base and develops
   attractive and sometimes elaborate fluting. Bark on mature trees is often
   deeply fissured.

 * Stem: Stem Is Aromatic: No Stem Description: Buds are opposite, in pairs at
   the base of pins or deciduous branchlets. They are ovoid to ellipsoidal in
   shape, and less than an inch long.

 * Landscape: Landscape Location: Coastal Pond Woodland Landscape Theme: Water
   Garden Design Feature: Specimen Street Tree Resistance To Challenges: Deer
   Wet Soil



METASEQUOIA GLYPTOSTROBOIDES

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